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Cognitive Symbionts. Expanding the Scope of Cognitive Science With Fungi

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract It has been argued that fungi have cognitive capacities, and even conscious experiences. While these arguments risk ushering in unproductive disputes about how words like “mind,” “cognitive,” “sentient,” and “conscious” should be used, paying close attention to key properties of fungal life can also be uncontroversially productive for ...
Matteo Colombo
wiley   +1 more source

John R. Smythies’ Theories of Mind, Matter, and N-Dimensional Space: Conspectus of part of Analysis of Perception [PDF]

open access: yes
Conspectus of part of John R. Smythies' Analysis of Perception (1956). It presents a summary of his ideas on phenomenal space – the space of one’s imagination, dreams, psychedelic experiences, somatic sensations, visions, hynagogia, etc.
Sjöstedt-H., Peter
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Rape Culture Ruined My Favorite 80s Movie

open access: yes, 2013
I will admit that I wish my best friend was Duckie, I want to attend just one Saturday detention with Emilio Estevez, and I listen to an unhealthy amount of music from the Smiths and the Psychedelic Furs.
Adamczak, Stephanie K.
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The chatbot's real self: On the archaeology of artificial personas Le vrai soi du chatbot: vers une archéologie des personnes artificielles

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract From the beginning of widespread public interactions with ChatGPT and other large language models, some users have seen the disfluencies of chatbots as opportunities for them to go on an archaeological search for an unfettered chatbot persona that they need to jailbreak. These are not claims of sentience, but rather of personhood.
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmacological MRI: Utility in Understanding Drug Mechanisms in Psychiatric Disorders

open access: yesJournal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 346-363, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Pharmacological MRI (pharmaMRI) has emerged as a powerful tool to study how psychoactive drugs affect brain function and to uncover mechanisms of drug action in psychiatric disorders. This review provides an overview of key techniques used in pharmaMRI, including BOLD‐fMRI, arterial spin labeling (ASL), and cerebral blood volume (CBV) mapping,
Christin Y. Sander   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuro‐Immune Crosstalk: Molecular Mechanisms, Biological Functions, Diseases, and Therapeutic Targets

open access: yesMedComm, Volume 7, Issue 2, February 2026.
Neurons, immune cells, and other cellular components within the disease microenvironment (such as stromal cells and tumor cells) constitute a dynamically evolving ecosystem. Neurons directly modulate immune cell activity and inflammatory responses through the release of neurotransmitters (e.g., norepinephrine and CGRP), while also promoting tumor ...
Xin Guo   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced meaning in life following psychedelic use: converging evidence from controlled and naturalistic studies

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
IntroductionPsychedelics, such as psilocybin, are increasingly recognized for their propensity to elicit powerful subjective experiences that carry personal meaning.
William Roseby   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

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